Article-dispensing package



April 13,1926. 1,580,165

F. FILLER. SR

ARTICLE DISPENSING PACKAGE Fil ed May 19 1925 Patented Apr. 13, 1926.

7 U IT D T ES v 1,580,165 PATENT OFFICE. A

" FRANZ FILLER, sag or MUNICH, GERMANY.

' ARTICLE-DISPENSING PACKAGE.

App lication filed May 19, 1925. Serial Njo, 31,261

like, and it is directed more-particularly to T apackage for the purpose s'et -forth which,

. By way of now describe my improvement iii-connection v lid f is swung around far-enough to uncover one-half of the. case mouth, which means one-half of the lateral wall cut-outs, the I while cheap in manufacture, will operate reliablyfor the discharge of single ob ects or'a row thereof at a time, without .danger of the articles being damaged by the mechanism. 1, According to my invention. the articles to be, dispensed arestackedly superimposd vwith-in a container upon a spring-influenced false bottom which pushes them forward-toward the mouth of the case, where they are prevented from being pushed outentirely by overhanging stop elements. The artlcles are discharged from the case by being pushed out sidewise by finger' pressure through lateral openings in the casefwall temporarily uncovered by the swlnglng case lid. example Ihave shown and'will with a cigarette case or package,-but-it is obvious that also other suitable objects may be handled in the-same manner;

In the accompanying drawing Fig.- vertical section throughthe package on line .11 of Fig. 2, which latter figure is a'section taken at an angle of 90 degrees to that of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a-top view of the device, with opened and partly broken-away lid. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary side elevation of a constructional modification.

Referring first to the embodiment accord; ing to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, thereferencecharac- F ter a denotes the article to be dispensed, in

this instance cigarettes; 17 is the case, of any suitable material, to which is; swingingly hinged the arched lid f. As shown, merely by way of example, the cigarettes ..are arranged inthe container in two stacked rows and these two stacks are separated fromone another by guide and partition strips of stiff material a, one at either 'end, exten ding down to'the bottom of the case andcurved 9 Wia i yet. e PP X remity in re' pe Each narrow side handled.

e until the next uppermost cigarette conta'cts withthe lip 0 and is then in turn in the proper position for being pushed out, as described.- 1

material. I These leaves 9" form horizontal partitions or supplementary false bottoms. They are provided with slots whereby they are loosely engaged with the guide strips 'e,"

allowing them to be-slipped oifover the uards c" topermit removal of the cigarettes from the package as they come into dis charge position .followingthe removal of .the first two cigarettes.

-The lid f is so hinged to the side walls :of

the case that it can be'swung sideways to expose the one or the other halfofthe case mouth, suitable means being preferably provided, such as stops, to prevent the lid from v swinging around too-far. r

wall of the case is cut away in trough shape at the upper extremity as at a, the bottom of these cut-outs being in alinement with one another-and the height thereof being substantially equal to thediameter of the cigarettes or other article For removing a cigarette fromthe case the right or the left dependingv upon which side the lid is swunginto (Fig. 1) when a cigarette is shown held between the case wall and the respective overhanging lip c'. The

cigarette is'now pushedbutof the case in fsidewise direction (asshown'in dotted outline in Fig. 2) toward'either side by finger 'pressureythe cigarette passing through the respective cut-out a. The stack of cigarettes then ascends'under the pressure of the spring I may also dispense with the separator and stopmeansentirelyand controllthe feeding-and dispensing operation'solely by the In the modification showninFig. 4 there 1 is used an arched bridge or;j stop. member c,' ,-ex end ng c1ear across from side toside of the case mouth, and which preferably consists of a strip of stiff material inserted in the or extending integrally therefrom. The lid f in this instance is preferably one-sidedly hinged to Swing bacl; far enough to clear the entire case mouth, so that always all cigarettes in a lateral row can be pushed out at once. i

Obviously, the arrangement is not stricted to the use of only two adjacent stacks of dispensable articles, and only one stack or more than two may he used .to suit requirements.

lWhat I claim is 1. In a dispensing package of the type set forth, in .c,omb;ina;tion with a case vopen at one end,, a lid hinged thereto, means in said case urging ,the articles to be dispensed toward its ,openjend, and stationary article stop means separate from the lid and archin over the open end of the case below the lit at a distance sufficient to overhang and alow o he articles being pushed out sidewise between the edge of the case and said stop means when the lid is opened.

In a dispensing package of the type set forth, in combination with a case open at one end and presenting cut-outs in the edges of its two narrow walls, a lid hingedly secured to said case and adapted to be swung aronnd to either side to a sufiicient extent to uncover said lateral wall cut-outs, an upwardly urged false bottom in said case adapted to support the articles to be dispensed, and means arching over the month of the case designed to retain the uppermost article in .alinement with aid lateral cutouts. i i

3.111 a dispensing package. of the type set forth, in combination with a case open at one end and presenting outwardly opening article discharge openings in its two opposed narrow walls, separator strips extending from the bottom of the case to somewhat beyond the open end thereof and their free extremities ontwardly curved to form overhanging stops, forwardly urged false bottom in the case, a lid hinged to the case and adapted to he limitedly swung from side to side to uncover only restricted portions of said discharge openings. i

In a dispensing package of the; type set fortlnincombination withthe case open at one end and presenting alined eut-outsin the free edges of its two narrow walls, a lid hinged to said case for limited swinging displacement to uncover part or all of said cutouts, a forwardly urged false bottom in said case, separator mem-bers fined in said case and theirfree extremitiesoutwardly curved to form article stop members, and spacer elements interposed between the individual articles in each stack. i I i 5. In a dispensing package of the type set io th, a case" open at one and, at least two diametrically opposite edge walls of the case t t p a d being p away an l i be low the plane of the remaining edge wall or walls, an upwardly urged false bottom in said case. adapted to support the articles to be dispensed, and fixed stop means arching Ver the mouth of the case designed to rea i I I f 6. A dispensing package comprising a case having a discharge opening atone end thereof, pressure means within the case for feeding a stack of articles toward said opening so as to he successively. presentedfor discharge through said opening in a directiorr laterally of the line of feed, and stop means arranged to overlie ah advanced article of the stacl: disposed position for charge, v stop means being operative .to prevent discharge of the advanced article in the direction of the line of feed under pressure of said feeding means while admitting external exposure of said article to permil; it to be engaged by a thumb or finger of the operator at one side o fvthe package and pushed outward beneath said stop means toward. the opposite side of the package for discharge,

'Z. A dispensing package comprising a case having an open end, a closure for the open end of the case, pressure means for feeding a stack of articles contained within the case toward the said open end thereof,

and stop means for arresting feeding motion ofthe stack and holding an advanced article of the stack from discharge in the direction of the line of feed through the open end of the case whenthe closure opened, while holding such advanced article in accessible position to be engaged by a thumb or'finger of the operator atone side of the case and pushed outward and discharged in a dire.c t-ion laterally of the line offeed at the opposite side of the case. 4 i

' 8. A dispensing package comprising a case open at one end,means in said 'case for urging articles contained therein toward said open end ofthe case, a cover f or su'ch end of the case, and stop means ponaoaeaats'uh open end of the, case below th e cover but above the plane of a wall of the caselfor arresting the movement of an article andliolding sucha'rticlefrom displ-acernent wheii cove-ris opened while permitting the arti le to be pushed out on a 1111staweanw redg of the ease and saidstop means; ,9- e' re is s re l ss ih ra e open at one'enufrneans in ca sefpru 6- is r l e n t r i were deemed Of 'l ll case, such" "end or on 65st having an edge Wall cutaway below the plane of other edge Walls thereof, and a stationary stop device at such open end of the case arranged to overhang and arrest the movement of an article and prevent its displacement from the case in the direction of the line of feed underv the action of said urging means, said stop device forming with such cutaway edge wall of the case guides above and below the stopped article permitting the article to-be pushed out at the open end of the case on a line between said stop means and said Wall.

10. A dispensing package comprising a case open at one end, a cover for normally closing the open end of the case, pressure means within the case for feeding a stack of articles toward the openend thereof, and a stationary. stop independent of the cover and arranged at the open end of the case so as to be engaged by an advanced article of the stack, said stop being operatively disposed to hold the, stack from outward move ment in the direction of its line of feed when the cover is opened while exposing an advanced article engaged thereby so as to permit said article to be engaged by the finger or thumb of the operator at one side of the case and forced laterally from beneath the stop and discharged at the opposite side of the case.

FRANZ FILLER, SEN. 

